CVE-2025-55006 Frappe Learning Holds Potential for Malicious SVG Upload in Image Upload Feature

What is CVE-2025-55006?

CVE-2025-55006 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in frappe lms, published on 9 Aug 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Frappe Learning is a learning system that helps users structure their content. In versions 2.33.0 and below, the image upload functionality did not adequately sanitize uploaded SVG files. This allowed users to upload SVG files containing embedded JavaScript or other potentially malicious content. Malicious SVG files could be used to execute arbitrary scripts in the context of other users. A fix for this issue is planned for version 2.34.0.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-55006?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Frappe Learning.

How do I fix CVE-2025-55006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-55006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2025-55006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-55006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in frappe lms

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• CVE-2026-34606 Stored XSS in Frappe LMS Medium 6.9
• CVE-2026-26977 Frappe Learning Management System exposes details of unpublished courses to unauthorized users Medium 6.9
• CVE-2025-11280 Frappe LMS Assignment Picture files direct request Medium 6.3
• CVE-2023-42807 Frappe LMS SQL Injection Issue on People Page Medium 6.3

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